Tuesday, 7 June 2016

Peony bouquet recessed panel card

Hello, this card is something I had been wanting to try for a while, I made a card a few months ago, which had a recessed panel going down the left hand side of the card. For that card I used Vintage roses die by Altenew, and I wanted to do something similar, but do the recessed panel on an angle. So I tried it, and I am quite happy with it.

I marked points at the top left hand corner, that were 1.5cm and 3cm, and I drew a line from the 3cm mark down to the bottom right hand corner, and then measured up from that corner, up 7.5cm and drew a line from that point to the 1.5cm mark. This was the area that was cut away to give a peek at the recessed panel. The sentiment is using a Kaisercraft 'save the date' stamp set. I lined the two internal edges with a fine piece of pale blue card, and mounted them onto fun foam.

To make this I used the Altenew Peony Bouquet stamp set, and used the flower bud, the smaller leaves and the larger of the berries. I stamped them using the Altenew crisp inks in Buttercream, warm sunshine, Jet Black, Caramel toffee, frayed leaf, and then used a medium blue pigment ink cube, it doesn't have the brand on it sorry, and the Adirondack Denim dye ink.

Once that was stamped, I trimmed it to fit into my 'window' and glued it to my card base which is made of white linen card measuring 5 x 7inches.

I then decided it was a little plain just like that, so I stamped some more of the flowers and leaves, fussy cut them out, leaving a small white border, and then mounted them into a 'bouquet' with glue and foam tape, making sure to fill the area under the flowers and leaves, in the recess with foam tape, to support the 'bouquet'. Finally I used some Kaisercraft yellow droplets which I have had in my stash forever!

I love the new Altenew stamp sets and you did a gorgeous job using them! This card is so beautiful. Mine didn't turn out as well as yours so I'm going back and give it try again! Keep these your creations coming as I'm learning so much from them.

Helen, I just love this card. The layout. The colors. The different take on using this stamp set. I keep coming back to it... Guess I am going to have to give it a try. Thanks for the great artistic inspiration.

W😊W absolutely love this card. I love your explanation (very easy for me to understand as a newbie (ish)) Thankyou for sharing all this info. Looking forward to looking through your blog. P.S. do you know how to save your blog so I can find you easy and to follow you ?